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DATE |
RECTOR |
EVENTS IN EAST BARNET |
EVENTS IN HISTORY |
MONARCH |
ABBOT |
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978 |
- |
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Ethelred II |
Alfric II |
|
1005 |
- |
Ethelred grants land in [East] Barnet to the Abbot of St Albans in
return for his 'danegold' |
Danes raid England and destroy Norwich.
|
Ethelred II |
Leofric |
|
1016 |
- |
|
|
Edmund Ironside |
Leofric |
|
1017 |
- |
|
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Canute |
Leofric |
|
1035 |
- |
|
|
Harold I |
Leofric |
|
1040 |
- |
|
|
Hardicanute |
Leofric |
|
1042 |
- |
|
|
Edward
(the Confessor) |
Leofric
Leofstan |
|
1066 |
- |
|
Harold is defeated at the Battle of Hastings |
Harold II
William I |
Egfrid |
|
1077 |
- |
|
Paul de Caen appointed as Abbot of St Albans;
Robert the Mason begins to build the Norman Church and Tower at St
Albans using 4th century Roman brick collected by Abbot Eadmer c
910-930 |
William I
(the Conqueror) |
Fritheric
Paul de Caen |
|
1080 |
- |
Simple stone Church built in East Barnet and dedicated to
St Mary the Virgin |
|
William I
(the Conqueror) |
Paul de Caen |
|
1087 |
- |
|
|
William II |
Paul de Caen |
|
1100 |
- |
|
|
Henry I |
Richard d'Albini |
|
1135 |
- |
|
|
Stephen |
Geoffrey de Gorham |
|
1154 |
- |
|
|
Henry II |
Robert de Gorham |
|
1176 |
- |
Charter granted to the Abbot of St Albans refers to Barnet
and Osidge |
|
Henry II
|
Simon |
|
1187 |
- |
The Bishop of London reclaims Friern Barnet from the Abbot of St Albans |
|
Henry II |
Warin |
|
1189 |
- |
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|
Richard I |
Warin |
|
1199 |
- |
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|
John |
John de Cella |
|
1216 |
- |
|
|
Henry III |
William de Trumpington |
|
1272 |
- |
|
|
Edward I |
Roger de Norton |
|
1291 |
- |
Records show 72 households and a Mill in East Barnet |
|
Edward I |
John de Berkhamstead |
|
1307 |
- |
|
|
Edward II |
John de Maryns |
|
1324 |
William de Pountz |
|
|
Edward II |
Hugh de Eversden |
|
1327 |
|
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|
Edward III |
Hugh de Eversden
Richard de Wallingford |
|
1337 |
|
|
|
Edward III |
Michael de Mentmore |
|
1338 |
|
|
Start of the Hundred Years War |
Edward III |
Michael de Mentmore |
|
1346 |
|
|
Battle of Crecy |
Edward III |
Michael de Mentmore |
|
1349 |
|
The Black Death kills 85 of East Barnet's tenants |
|
Edward III |
Michael de Mentmore
Thomas de la Mare |
|
1366 |
|
|
|
Edward III |
Thomas de la Mare |
|
1377 |
|
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|
Richard II |
Thomas de la Mare |
|
1399 |
|
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|
Henry IV |
John de la Moote |
|
1400 |
|
Chancel added to the Church at East Barnet? |
Death of Geoffrey Chaucer;
|
Henry IV |
John de la Moote |
|
1413 |
|
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|
Henry V |
William Heyworth |
|
1415 |
John Lanum |
|
Battle of Agincourt |
Henry V |
William Heyworth |
|
1422 |
|
|
|
Henry VI |
John (Bostock)
of Wheathampstead |
|
1428 |
William Asshurst |
|
|
Henry VI |
John (Bostock)
of Wheathampstead |
|
1429 |
John Smyth
alias Hewet |
|
|
Henry VI |
John (Bostock)
of Wheathampstead |
|
1431 |
|
|
Burning of Joan of Arc |
Henry VI |
John (Bostock)
of Wheathampstead |
|
1453 |
|
|
End of the Hundred Years War |
Henry VI |
John (Bostock)
of Wheathampstead
[re-elected] |
|
1455 |
Thomas Norton |
|
Start of The Wars of the Roses |
Henry VI |
John (Bostock)
of Wheathampstead |
|
1461 |
|
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|
Edward IV |
John (Bostock)
of Wheathampstead |
|
1466 |
Richard Benet |
|
|
Edward IV |
William Alban |
|
1471 |
|
Battle of Barnet
Complaints made to the Abbot of St Albans from Chipping Barnet |
|
Edward IV |
William Alban |
|
1476 |
|
|
Caxton builds the first printing press |
Edward IV |
William Alban
William Wallingford |
|
1483 |
|
|
|
Edward V
Richard III |
William Wallingford |
|
1485 |
|
|
Richard III defeated at the Battle of Bosworth |
Henry VII |
William Wallingford |
|
1509 |
|
|
|
Henry VIII |
Thomas Ramryge |
|
1517 |
|
|
Martin Luther displays his 95 thesis |
Henry VIII |
Thomas Ramryge |
|
1534 |
|
|
The Act of Supremacy |
Henry VIII |
Robert Catton |
|
1535 |
|
|
Coverdale published the first English Bible |
Henry VIII |
Robert Catton |
|
1536 |
|
|
The dissolution of the monasteries begins |
Henry VIII |
Robert Catton |
|
1539 |
|
|
The Benedictine Monastery at St Albans is dissolved on 5th December, and all land and
the patronage of it's Churches is passed to the Crown |
Henry VIII |
Richard Boreham
(or Stevenage) |
|
1541 |
|
John Dudman's Will provides for altar cloths for 3 altars in East Barnet
Church |
|
Henry VIII |
- |
|
1547 |
|
|
|
Edward VI |
- |
|
1549 |
|
|
First English Book of Common Prayer published |
Edward VI |
- |
|
1553 |
|
Earliest surviving Baptism Registers of East Barnet Church |
|
Edward VI |
- |
|
1553 |
John Hackley |
|
|
Mary I |
- |
|
1556 |
|
|
Thomas Cranmer burned at the stake |
Mary I |
- |
|
1558 |
|
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Elizabeth I |
- |
|
1559 |
Anthony Blage |
|
|
Elizabeth I |
- |
|
1563 |
|
|
The Thirty Nine Articles of Religion are formulated |
Elizabeth I |
- |
|
1567 |
Edward Underne |
|
|
Elizabeth I |
- |
|
1568 |
|
Earliest surviving Burial Registers of East Barnet Church |
|
Elizabeth I |
- |
|
1573 |
|
Rector Underne founds the Queen Elizabeth Boys School in Barnet |
|
Elizabeth I |
- |
|
1582 |
|
Earliest surviving Marriage Registers of East Barnet Church |
|
Elizabeth I |
- |
|
1588 |
|
|
The Spanish Armada is defeated |
Elizabeth I |
- |
|
1591 |
Edward Grant |
(Grant later became Headmaster of Westminster School) |
|
Elizabeth I |
- |
|
1601 |
Edward Munes |
|
|
Elizabeth I |
|
|
1603 |
Mathias Milward |
|
|
James I |
|
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1611 |
|
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The Authorised (King James) Version of the Bible first published |
James I |
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1619 |
|
A
West End Gallery erected at East Barnet Church? |
|
James I |
|
|
1625 |
|
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Charles I |
|
|
1631 |
|
Sir Robert Berkley gives a new Rectory on Church Hill in East Barnet
Village |
|
Charles I |
|
|
1632 |
|
Churchwarden - Mr Buller or Bolliver
Chancel at East Barnet Church repaired and enlarged |
|
Charles I |
|
|
1636 |
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Chalice and Paten given to the Church
|
|
Charles I |
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|
1637 |
|
Churchwarden - John Osbrocke (served til 1681) |
|
Charles I |
|
|
1639 |
John Goodwin Snr |
|
|
Charles I |
|
|
1641 |
John Goodwin Snr |
Gallery at East Barnet Church remodelled with two tiers |
|
Charles I |
|
|
1642 |
John Goodwin Snr |
|
Beginning of the English Civil War |
Charles I |
|
|
1643 |
- |
Rector Goodwin deprived of his living |
|
Charles I |
|
|
1649 |
- |
|
Charles I executed on Jan 30th. The Commonwealth begins |
- |
|
|
1650 |
John Goodwin Snr |
Rector Goodwin returns and resumes ministry |
|
- |
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| 1660 |
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Restoration of the Monarchy |
Charles II |
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| 1662 |
|
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The Book of Common Prayer is
published |
Charles II |
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| 1663 |
|
Gallery at East Barnet
Church rebuilt |
|
Charles II |
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| 1665 |
|
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The Plague ravishes London |
Charles II |
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| 1666 |
|
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The Great Fire of London |
Charles II |
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| 1679 |
John Goodwin Jnr |
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Charles II |
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| 1681 |
Robert Tayler |
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Charles II |
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| 1685 |
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James II |
|
| 1689 |
|
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William & Mary |
|
| 1700 |
|
East Barnet Church included
in Henry Chauncery's 'Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire' |
|
William & Mary |
|
| 1702 |
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Anne |
|
| 1714 |
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George I |
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1719 |
Gilbert Burnet |
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George I |
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1726 |
William Day |
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George I |
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1727 |
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George II |
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1730 |
Richard Bundy |
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George II |
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1738 |
Daniel Cornelius Beafort |
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George II |
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1740 |
|
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Wine Flagon purchased for East Barnet Church |
George II |
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1741 |
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Earliest dated Hatchment in East Barnet Church |
George II |
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1743 |
Samuel Grove |
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George II |
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1746 |
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Battle of Culloden |
George II |
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1752 |
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Britain adopts the new calendar |
George II |
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1760 |
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George III |
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1769 |
George Underwood |
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George III |
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1770 |
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Silver paten presented to East Barnet Church |
|
George III |
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1776 |
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American Declaration of Independence |
George III |
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1789 |
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The French Revolution begins |
George III |
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1805 |
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An octagonal steeple is added to East Barnet Church, and the roof raised
at a cost of £544 |
The Battle of Trafalgar
|
George III |
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1807 |
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New East Window installed at East Barnet Church, and new font positioned
under the Gallery |
|
George III |
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1815 |
|
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The Battle of Waterloo |
George III |
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1816 |
|
Vestry built beneath the Gallery at East Barnet Church, and a second
gallery added |
|
George III |
|
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1818 |
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Church Hill House in East Barnet demolished |
|
George III |
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1820 |
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George IV |
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1825 |
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National School established behind the Rectory |
|
George IV |
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1827 |
Thomas Henry Elwin |
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George IV |
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1828 |
|
Bell tower erected, and alterations made to the gallery at East Barnet
Church |
|
George IV |
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1829 |
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Wainscoting removed in East Barnet Church to reveal hollow in North Wall |
|
George IV |
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1830 |
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William IV |
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1831 |
|
A
new pulpit installed on the south wall of East Barnet Church replacing
the original three-decker pulpit; the north door is re-opened, and the
Church lime-washed inside |
|
William IV |
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1833 |
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'The Oxford Movement' begins |
William IV |
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1837 |
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Victoria |
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1850 |
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New choirstalls installed, by Street, and pulpit moved to north wall |
|
Victoria |
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1851 |
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The Great Exhibition |
Victoria |
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1854 |
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Beginning of the Crimean War
The Revd Charles Haddow (later Rector of East Barnet) becomes the first
volunteer chaplain to the forces in Crimea |
Victoria |
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1855 |
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End of Crimean War |
Victoria |
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1856 |
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The East Window of East Barnet Church is replaced by the Wyatt Window |
|
Victoria |
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1860 |
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The Church Farm Boys Home is built |
|
Victoria |
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1861 |
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The Last dated Hatchment in East Barnet Church;
2
bells cast for the Church by Mears of London |
|
Victoria |
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1866 |
Charled Edward Haddow |
The Ancient Parish of East Barnet is divided,
and St John's Chipping Barnet given parish status |
|
Victoria |
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1867 |
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Baptism Fee and Customary Tax as Communicants abolished - general
Offetory introduced |
|
Victoria |
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1868 |
|
Underwood font moved outside and replaced by present font, placed under
gallery; South aisle added to enable boys from Church Farm School to
attend worship; South wall pierced and new pews added throughout the
church;
Holy Trinity, Lyonsdown given parish status. |
|
Victoria |
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1869 |
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Brass altar cross given to East Barnet Church;
Church School (St Margaret's) built in New Barnet |
|
Victoria |
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1870 |
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Mothers' meetings begin in the parish |
|
Victoria |
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1871 |
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The new St Mary's National & Infant School built on its present site in
the village at the bottom of Church Hill Rd, at a cost of £1,400 |
|
Victoria |
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1872 |
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The churchyard of ast Barnet Church is fenced and the Lych-Gate erected |
|
Victoria |
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1873 |
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Weekly Commuion introduced |
|
Victoria |
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1875 |
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Painted window of the Annunciation installed at the West end under the
gallery (lost in 1911) |
|
Victoria |
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1876 |
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The Girls Friendly Society established in East Barnet |
|
Victoria |
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1877 |
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St Albans Diocese created |
Victoria |
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1880 |
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Organ Chamber built at a cost of £250; the Wyatt East Window moved to
the Organ chamber; gallery barrel organ (given by Sir Simon Haughton who
died at Oak Hill in 1832) replaced by new organ; chancel enlarged by 12
feet eastward, funded by Colonel Henry Church and costing £600; new East
Window installed depicting the Crucifixion in its centre panel (extant)
at a cost of £100; new choir pews installed (£100); gallery reduced in
size; wodden lectern replaced by brass lectern (extant) |
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Victoria |
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1883 |
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Large jewelled Altar Cross placed over altar |
|
Victoria |
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1889 |
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Surpiced choir formed |
|
Victoria |
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1898 |
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South Aisle and Chancel roofs repaired at a cost of £200 |
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Victoria |
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1899 |
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New stove added to the west end of the Church |
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Victoria |
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east
barnet parish church